Scott Marlowe <scott.marlowe@gmail.com> writes:
> On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 12:55 AM, Albe Laurenz <laurenz.albe@wien.gv.at> wrote:
>> Or maybe a large column has been modified by
>> ALTER TABLE ... ALTER COLUMN ... SET STORAGE PLAIN
> I thought even then if the backend can't fit it all in 8k it puts text
> out of line.
No, SET STORAGE PLAIN is an absolute override, if I recall the code
correctly. That seems an unlikely explanation though. What I'd bet on
is a very large number of non-toastable columns. A thousand or so
float8's would do it for instance. But this is all speculation without
seeing the table declaration.
regards, tom lane
